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@chrisponting.bsky.social
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Swansea born, Gloucestershire bred. Cheese, beer, tripe. The world leading authority on Mr Arthur Hirst. If you’re looking for Professor Chris Ponting of the University of Edinburgh, you’ll find him at @cgatist.bsky.social

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Chris Ponting @chrisponting.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
A fantastic listen - the porn foraging sketch had me laughing on the bus home. And you get to hear @vaun.bsky.social as a bin man. In a bin.
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Chris Ponting @chrisponting.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Michael Sheen there, looking like a scruffy Noel Edmonds.
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Chris Ponting @chrisponting.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Share someone who looks stylish posing with or next to a car
John Shuttleworth with his Y reg Austin Ambassador.
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Chris Ponting @chrisponting.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Blimey, that was close #CallMyBluff
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Chris Ponting @chrisponting.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
“Mary Queen of Squats” Cracking Magnus slip there #Mastermind #Mastermind1977
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Phil Creighton @philcreighton.uk · 27/09/2026
He doesn't look a day over 45... back in 1969, this is what the Daily Mirror thought Prince Charles would look like when he was middle aged.
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Chris Ponting @chrisponting.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Moon looking mighty fine tonight.
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Chris Ponting @chrisponting.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
I still think Withnail is in fact a Two Doctor film that no one talks about. And the chicken is The Master.
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Chris Ponting @chrisponting.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Bless this House finishes, then I see Withnail is on 4. Television is trying to make me stay up far too late with one more beer.
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Chris Ponting @chrisponting.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Bless This House: The Film on Great TV! right now.
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Richard Drew #MDANT @ourmanincairo.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
More R&M ( credit - Jim Moir ) #reevesandmortimer #r&m
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Richard Drew #MDANT @ourmanincairo.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
… and here’s the location filming scripts for The Smell Of Reeves And Mortimer ll. ( full credit ) Including sketches by Jim Moir.
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Chris Ponting @chrisponting.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
I remember when “Benefits Cheats” were wholesome cheeky prime time comedy entertainment.
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Chris Ponting @chrisponting.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
More ordinary people building a house on Grand Designs.
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Chris Ponting @chrisponting.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Going dogging in this
A Coastal Red Willowbrook bodied coach, with the twins from Hi-Di-Hi! leaning out of the doorway.
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Chris Ponting @chrisponting.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Santander, the reason people are too scared to look at their bank account is because they have no money, so a savings account that gives you 8% if you put £200 a month in is a moot point.
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Chris Ponting @chrisponting.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Liz McIver talking canals on BBC Four, while wearing Philomena Cunk fashion.
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Chris Ponting @chrisponting.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Sandy Gall, back from the dead and addressing the UN. Looking well on it.
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Chris Ponting @chrisponting.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Talcky - when you’re covered in Talc. That was taking the piss, surely #CallMyBluff
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Chris Ponting @chrisponting.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Gail’s looking perky #CallMyBluff
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Chris Ponting @chrisponting.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Was hoping they’d got it wrong, then Paul Eddington could do the Jerry Leadbetter laugh at them. #CallMyBluff
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Chris Ponting @chrisponting.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Patrick Campbell’s All Stars - SCALES! EDDINGTON! #CallMyBluff
Prue ScalesPaul Eddington
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Chris Ponting @chrisponting.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
MRS ALVES KICKS ASS! #Mastermind #Mastermind1977
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Chris Ponting @chrisponting.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
More like spring than early autumn this afternoon, cleaning the windows while hearing the sounds and applause from the tennis finals at the club across the Rec.
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Chris Ponting @chrisponting.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Today’s late breakfast. Like yesterday’s but with added mushrooms.
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Chris Ponting @chrisponting.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Daly and Winkleman are currently in onesies, half pissed and stuffing dirty pizza into their faces. #Trufax #Strictly
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Chris Ponting @chrisponting.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
So here comes #Strictly. It’s downhill now to Christmas.
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Chris Ponting @chrisponting.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Saturday breakfast lads and lasses
Bacon, egg, black pudding and fried bread. And a mug of tea.
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Chris Ponting @chrisponting.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Sash nicking Michael Jackson’s You Are Not Alone #totp
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Speccy Twat @speccytwat.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Anyone interested in/ able to see the fantastic comedian Tom Ward in Brum this evening? Got two tickets but can’t make it. Message if this is a possibility 🤓 Doors close at 8pm, it’s at the Glee Club. Fanks x
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Chris Ponting @chrisponting.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
In a forgotten gent’s toilet in Gloucester, it’s still 2020. cc @jasonhazeley.bsky.social
A sign stuck to the tiled wall instructing you to follow government guidelines on social distancing. And to wash your hands.
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Chris Ponting @chrisponting.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Have yourself a Mork and Mindy Christmas.
A Maltese Christmas Card with a message possibly wishing your grandparents a merry Christmas.
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Vaun Earl Norman @vaun.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
This has been a very difficult time for me and the decision to do this as been really hard to make. But the potential benefits outweigh shame and embarrassment I'm afraid. gofund.me/645f5a343
gofund.me
Donate to Buy a Mobility Scooter, organized by Vaun Earl Norman
Hi I'm Vaun Earl Norman you might have seen me in Vic and Bob's Big Night Out, or The Other … Vaun Earl Norman needs your support for Buy a Mobility Scooter
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Chris Ponting @chrisponting.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Oh Barry.
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Chris Ponting @chrisponting.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Having thought I’d watched the film many times, it turns out that today I learnt that Lawrence of Arabia dies in the first scene of Lawrence of Arabia. #BBCFour
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Chris Ponting @chrisponting.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
wE REsPecT THe CoLoURz
A tattered union flag and welsh flag cabled tied to a lamp post.
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Chris Ponting @chrisponting.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Admire the pro Palestinian stance, but I think he’s too old to be touring with Ed Sheeran.
Cliff Michelmore
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Chris Ponting @chrisponting.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
BABY NIGEL HAVERS! LITTLE BABY JESUS! #CallMyBluff
Nigel HaversRobert Powell
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Chris Ponting @chrisponting.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Watching a Grand Designs. The couple are converting an abandoned cow shed in 6 months despite having no house building experience. But he has managed to lay the floor in what will be her pilates studio.
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Chris Ponting @chrisponting.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Well the Country Fair was a bit damp, busy, horse heavy but good.
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Chris Ponting @chrisponting.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Picked this up today - signed too! Looking forward to many Idle moments when I have some idle moments. @ericidle.bsky.social
A copy of Idle in Provence by Eric Idle.
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Chris Ponting @chrisponting.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
It’s Frampton Country Fair on Sunday, a huge rural event that involves the roads in and out of the village being turned into a big one way system. We’ve done enough shopping to keep us happy all weekend. It feels like Christmas. framptoncountryfair.co.uk
framptoncountryfair.co.uk
Frampton Country Fair
The UK's best one day fair
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Chris Ponting @chrisponting.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
In the pub. I folded a crisp packet and now it looks haunted.
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Chris Ponting @chrisponting.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
10 years ago today, @sueponting.bsky.social and me all loved up and enjoying a day out in Bath. A decade later we’re still smiling.
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Chris Ponting @chrisponting.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Picked this up in the local Lidl Book Exchange. Don’t remember the ATV adaptation, though I was 8 when it was broadcast in 1979.
Pan paperback of the Leslie Thomas novel Tropic of Ruislip.
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Chris Ponting @chrisponting.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Finally, some good news. www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/...
bbc.co.uk
Small Prophets to return for a second series
The story of the magical and mundane in a suburban cul-de-sac is the BBC’s biggest new comedy of the year
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Dr. Uncle Beard 🦊 🌈 @unclebeard1978.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
More jizz in your pulch #CallMyBluff
Filth on the BBC
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Chris Ponting @chrisponting.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
HE SAID JIZZ AGAIN #CallMyBluff
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Chris Ponting @chrisponting.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
I didn’t expect to see Robert demonstrating bagpiping. #CallMyBluff
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Chris Ponting @chrisponting.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
36 year old Nigel Dempster there. #CallMyBluff
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